The European Parliament Legal Affairs Committee and the Council have now struck a provisional Omnibus I deal that again rewrites the scope of EU sustainability reporting and due diligence rules.
Yesterday Brussels fired the starting gun on a new phase of capital-markets integration across Europe. The Commission’s “market integration and supervision” package is explicitly aimed at enlarging Europe’s capital markets that are presently too small and fragmented to finance significant economic transitions at scale or to compete with the depth and liquidity of larger markets.
On 7 November, the European Commission launched a fresh call for evidence on amendments to the Climate and Environmental Delegated Acts under the EU Taxonomy Regulation. The consultation, which closes today, seeks stakeholder views on how to improve the technical screening criteria that determine which economic activities qualify as environmentally sustainable.
On Tuesday, ESMA held its first Data Day with Chair Verena Ross setting out an ambitious vision for reporting simplification. Ross was direct about the problem: the current model, where each regulatory need generates a new data request, has created a fragmented, siloed reporting landscape.
The European Parliament has voted to significantly narrow the scope of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).
Earlier this week the “quick fix” to the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union, formally enshrining temporary relief measures for early reporters. Adopted by the European Commission in July, the Delegated Act entered into force yesterday (13 November), and applies to financial years from 1 January […]
Accountancy Europe has thrown its support behind the newly simplified European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), praising EFRAG’s efforts to streamline the framework. In its response, the federation applauds the shift towards clearer, less granular requirements, describing the draft as a more practical and navigable set of sustainability rules.
On Wednesday the European Parliament unexpectedly rejected its negotiating mandate on the proposed “omnibus” bill aimed at simplifying corporate sustainability and due diligence rules across the EU. More delays, extended discussions seem inevitable. There is a potential for the bill to be reworked in unanticipated ways before a revised vote in November.
This article was originally published on LinkedIn here. AI is an extraordinarily important new technology, but it is not a magic wand. As the CSRD negotiations enter their last stages, some MEPs are wondering whether AI can replace digital reporting. The answer is ‘no’, but it is its natural complement. As the EU seeks to encourage […]
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has launched its latest EU-wide Transparency Exercise, designed to enhance transparency and market discipline by providing consistent and comparable information on more than 100 of the largest EU banks.
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